11 million students affected by class suspensions due to Typhoon Ulysses

Around 11 million students across all levels were affected by class suspensions due to Typhoon Ulysses.

As of November 15, classes had been suspended since November 11 in 20,941 schools across 10 regions, impacting 11,900,260 enrollees.

The Department of Education (DepEd) announced the suspension of distance learning in various parts of Luzon.

DepEd CALABARZON suspended distance learning from November 16 to 20 in six municipalities in Rizal, including Rodriguez, San Mateo, Cainta, Taytay, Baras-Pinugay, and the Upland of Tanay, to allow affected personnel and learners to recover.

DepEd Region 2 also suspended all distance learning activities in the Cagayan Valley region, except for Batanes, until November 18, 2020.

Distance learning was also suspended in specific elementary and national high schools in Antipolo City from November 16 to 20.

Additionally, 430 schools in several regions are being used as evacuation centers for 1,935 families, with 7,989 of them being students.